Fastener



June 28, 1927. 1,633,966

F. WOLF FASTENER Filed March 21 1927 Patented June 28, 1927.

UNITED STATES FRANZ WOLF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y;

FASTENER.

Application filed March 21, 1927. Serial No. 176,853.

This invention relates to fasteners particularly the kind used for holding together the front flaps of a soft collar while worn so as to support the later around the neck of the wearer and prevent it from sagging.

The fastener at present in use for this purpose is in form of a safety pin composed of a bar and a needle or pin hinged or pivoted to one end of said bar and adapted to snap into a hook at'the rear of the opposite end thereof. In use such pin is placed with its bar extending in front of the collar across the space between the two front flaps thereof and with its needle or pin passed through an opening provided in one flap and engaged in the hook passed through an opening provided in the other flap in the collar.

Such construction is objectionable for several reasons. First this fastener requires holes or eyelets in the flaps of the collar, theprovision of which renders the collar more expensive, as the holes have to be sti l ed around and finished to present a eat appearance. Another reason is that the bar extends across the front of the collar and is visible giving a clumsy appearance.

.A third reason is that through repeated handling of the fastener through the holes of the collar and also through washing the holes quickly wear out. A fourth reason is that the fasteners must be made ofvarious sizes to fit different collars and that the same cannot be adjusted to slaeken or tighten the collar.

The object of my invention is to provide a fastener whereby all the objections will be obviated and which will be simple inexpensire and effective.

Tith this and other objects in view my invention consists in the novel. construction, combination and a'rangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and defined in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing in which similar reference characters denote corresponding parts Fig. 1 shows the fastener in use; Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section of my device and Fi 3 is a cross section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing more specifically, the fastener comprises a hollow or tubular pin 10 which advantageously may be slightly curved or convened to somewhat follow the curvature of the front part of the neck and the ends of which are open. Loosely mounted in said pin is a coil spring 11 each end of which is hooked or otherwise fastened as at 11' to a plunger like cylindrical member 12 slidably mounted in each end portion of said pin. The ends of said members 12 are adapted to project out wardly from said pin and are formed With or have attached to them sharp pointed hooks 18 or the like which are adapted to extend over the front faces of said end portions in opposite longitudinal directions.

In use the pin 10 is placed across the space between the two flaps C of the collar C so that the hooked portions 13 thereof will extend below or at the rear of said flaps and whichcan be hooked to the inner face or ply of material of the collar. The hooks 13 are made comparatively short so as not to penetrate the front face of the collar.

Owing to the hooks being made yielding longitudinally the fastener can be used for collars of different sizes and by hooking it to points spaced nearer or farther apart from one another the flaps of the col lar can be slackened or tightened. Inasmuch as the hooks do not penetrate the front face of the collar the fastener can be entirely hidden behind the knot of the tie when .the latter is accordingly adjusted.

FRANZ woLF, 

